[HN Gopher] US Federal Government Bought a Ton of Marijuana for ...
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       US Federal Government Bought a Ton of Marijuana for Research for
       First Time Ever
        
       Author : DocFeind
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2022-01-20 15:10 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | bitxbitxbitcoin wrote:
       | Versus growing themselves.
        
         | quantified wrote:
         | The prior sole source was a university. You'd think that a
         | university agricultural program could produce the best with the
         | right incentives.
        
           | jondwillis wrote:
           | I vaguely remember hearing that this source was very
           | different from "street weed" in its potency, a la 1970s
           | outdoor stuff versus selectively bred indoor of the 2000s and
           | later.
        
             | netizen-936824 wrote:
             | Not only different in potency, but since it was bred in
             | captivation for so long it _diverged genetically_
        
       | cafard wrote:
       | One of the druggier people I ever worked with said that the US
       | government funded a lot of cannabis research in the 1940s and
       | 1950s. He said that at the time the US Navy used a great deal of
       | hemp rope, and the researchers were out to increase fiber
       | production. They also, of much interest later, recorded any
       | effects on resin production. And of course this information was
       | all free to the public, available through university libraries
       | and so on.
       | 
       | True? I don't know why he'd have made this up.
        
       | renewedrebecca wrote:
       | for "Research", eh?
        
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